Patrick, you proved your statement in the Tribune to be true. Now people across the country hate you. (For those who didn't read it, Patrick said that when he talks about an expected meteor shower it doesn't happen.) ------------------------------ On Sat, May 24, 2014 2:15 AM MDT Wiggins Patrick wrote:
I joined a surprisingly large number of folks at SPOC at midnight under pretty cloudy skies with maybe 1/4 of the northern sky clear. It took all of half an hour for most of that to close in.
Saw no meteors during that brief window.
Got home and it was still cloudy but the satellite images showed a large sucker hole approaching and by 1:15 much of the northern sky had cleared off.
1:33 brought what appeared to be a double iridium flare and at 1:50 there was a very bright flash low in the west but it was below my tree line so did not see it directly.
By 2:00 and the end of the predicted window of opportunity clouds were moving back in so I packed it in.
Never did see any meteors.
So now I'm watching a live video feed out of NASA/Marshall where they have clear skies. http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/watchtheskies/may-camelopard...
Reading through the comments I'm starting to think it was a bust for most everyone.
But at least I tried.
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